Friday, August 10, 2007
Eric: Friday
Sessions
This year there was only one round of split sessions (Thursday) with three general sessions of Friday. The first (I got in pretty late) was Jermey Foster. Jeremy is the platform manager for Youth Congress and also has his own website. He was pretty funny and ended with a risky joke about finally telling your wife that yes that dress makes you look fat.
Frontrunners
The next general session was Todd Gaddy interviewing people who are having a positive impact in new ways. These "frontrunners" included a young lady from New York who is the voice of Dora, the animated character. Also interviewed was a church from Illinois that set a Guinness World Record by taping together a 1.5 mile band of dollar bills. A young an from Texas who was born with a type of Dwarfism (I hope that is correct to say) was interviewed, as well as someone starting a campus ministry. This was powerful because it encouraged people to do innovative and creative things for the Lord.
Social Activism
At the final general session Danny Rivers spoke. He spoke with a passion about living the church and helping our neighbors as Christians. He spoke about helping the homeless to helping those in Africa who are dying of diseases and dirty water. He called us out for being socaily unaware and sitting on the sidelines and also called leaders and pastors to not just encourage young people to make a difference, but to actually get out a lead. A very moving session and probably the first of its kind in youth congress history.
In my mind, social justice is a buzzword connected to liberal politics, but Danny Rivers presented it in a most compelling way. It is the second commandment so we should do something. They also announced a new website www.bethechurch.cc
Charlotte
The city is a record 104 degress today. Also, the Blake hotel is having trouble keeping its air conditioning working so my room has been almost 80 degrees on several occasions with 75 being about the best.
The city is a booming metropolis with lots of high-end housing downtown (much more than St. Louis). It has strong banking, technology, and innovation industries.
Culturally, it has the southern heritage with a cosmopolitan feel. On my walk from the arena to the hotel today I saw two stone memorials that demonstrate.
The first was dedicated in 1977 to the "brave solders of the south" who "struggled nobly for the cause of independence and constitutional self-government..."
The second is a holocaust memorial that was dedicated in 1979.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
This year there was only one round of split sessions (Thursday) with three general sessions of Friday. The first (I got in pretty late) was Jermey Foster. Jeremy is the platform manager for Youth Congress and also has his own website. He was pretty funny and ended with a risky joke about finally telling your wife that yes that dress makes you look fat.
Frontrunners
The next general session was Todd Gaddy interviewing people who are having a positive impact in new ways. These "frontrunners" included a young lady from New York who is the voice of Dora, the animated character. Also interviewed was a church from Illinois that set a Guinness World Record by taping together a 1.5 mile band of dollar bills. A young an from Texas who was born with a type of Dwarfism (I hope that is correct to say) was interviewed, as well as someone starting a campus ministry. This was powerful because it encouraged people to do innovative and creative things for the Lord.
Social Activism
At the final general session Danny Rivers spoke. He spoke with a passion about living the church and helping our neighbors as Christians. He spoke about helping the homeless to helping those in Africa who are dying of diseases and dirty water. He called us out for being socaily unaware and sitting on the sidelines and also called leaders and pastors to not just encourage young people to make a difference, but to actually get out a lead. A very moving session and probably the first of its kind in youth congress history.
In my mind, social justice is a buzzword connected to liberal politics, but Danny Rivers presented it in a most compelling way. It is the second commandment so we should do something. They also announced a new website www.bethechurch.cc
Charlotte
The city is a record 104 degress today. Also, the Blake hotel is having trouble keeping its air conditioning working so my room has been almost 80 degrees on several occasions with 75 being about the best.
The city is a booming metropolis with lots of high-end housing downtown (much more than St. Louis). It has strong banking, technology, and innovation industries.
Culturally, it has the southern heritage with a cosmopolitan feel. On my walk from the arena to the hotel today I saw two stone memorials that demonstrate.
The first was dedicated in 1977 to the "brave solders of the south" who "struggled nobly for the cause of independence and constitutional self-government..."
The second is a holocaust memorial that was dedicated in 1979.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
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